667 BC

667 BC in various
Minguo calendar
	2578 before ROC; 民前2578年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2134
Thai solar calendar	−124 – −123
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); −540 or −921 or −1693; — to —; 阳木虎年; (male Wood-Tiger); −539 or −920 or −1692

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC; 7th century BC ; 6th century BC;
Decades:	680s BC; 670s BC; 660s BC ; 650s BC; 640s BC;
Years:	670 BC; 669 BC; 668 BC; 667 BC ; 666 BC; 665 BC; 664 BC;

The year 667 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 87 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 667 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Middle East

King Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.

Asia Minor

Byzantium (modern Istanbul) is founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas.

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